Kolkata: NIA Director General Sharad Kumar Friday visited West Bengal to review the investigation into the Oct 2 blast in Burdwan in which militant group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh is suspected to be involved.
The blast from an improvised explosive device (IED) in a rented house in Khagragarh killed two suspected militants and injured another.
Six people, including two women, have been arrested in connection with the case being probed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
Besides visiting the Khagragarh blast site, Sharad Kumar went to Murshidabad district’s Beldanga, where one of the killed militants Shakil Gazi had a rented accommodation.
“I came here to review the investigation. I visited Burdwan and Murshidabad. I had detailed discussion with my officers to evolve strategies for the arrest of absconding persons,” Sharad Kumar told mediapersons in Kolkata.(IANS)
